July 2010 Notable Toys — Plush

Adam Ambulance features lights that blink and plastic wheels that click when moved. Durable, soft-sided construction and materials make this truck suited for indoor play.
Awards: Canadian Toy Testing Council 2-Star Award; Toy Wishes Top Pick

This super-soft blanket is attached to a brightly colored spaceship. It features dangling ribbons designed for babies to grasp and hold.

This toy is small, but comes with a multitude of features. The "alien" includes elastic arms, crinkle paper, a squeaker, ribbons and teethers.

Embroidered messages and baby faces adorn each soft page of this six-page book. Features include a rattle, mirror, peek-a-boo flaps, and vibrant colors, plus lots of fun fabrics. The book attaches to most strollers and carriers with a hook and loop closure. Baby-Ville toys feature the images of celebrated photographer Penny Gentieu, recognized worldwide for her signature-style baby photography.

This soft activity ball features a chime ball, teething ribbons and an array of textures and color. Baby-Ville toys feature the images of celebrated photographer Penny Gentieu, recognized worldwide for her signature-style baby photography.

These playtime puppets from Aurora all have sound, bright colors and a shimmery shine in the details. Kids will appreciate all the different animals available including Giraffe, Lion, Elephant, Tiger, Monkey, Zebra, Mutt, Kitty (image attached), Pony, Cow, Piglet and Lamb (10”, MSRP: $12.99)

Paws Puppets are nicely stuffed puppets (as opposed to sleeve puppets) with soft claws that compliment the paw pad detailing. The soft puppets are available in six styles including White Tiger, Leopard, Black Panther, Bengal Tiger, Polar Bear, and Lion.

YooHoo & Friends Aspirations are available in four styles (five and eight inches) -- all make fun sounds when squeezed. Pammee™ the Fennec Fox is dressed as either a cheerleader or as a girl who’s ready to head to the party (she’s wearing a party hat and holds a cupcake). The other YooHoo & Friends are pink and blue, and dressed as a ballerina and soccer star respectively (the soccer star sports a jersey with #3, and holds a soccer ball). MSRP: Small and large, $8.99 and $15.99 respectively.

This colorful, floppy-eared dog stands 10” and is designed to delight children with the crinkle sound in his ears. He comes with attached multicolored tags for rubbing.
― Two of 40 specialty retailers told TDmonthly in early summer 2010 that Taggies are a top-selling infant gift, with one store estimating sales at 10 per month.

This cuddly plush dragon incorporates shades of green, yellow and red and comes with wings and claws.

Inspired by turn-of-the-century parlor games, this classic game brings charming bunnies to life. The bunnies fall and tumble about when bowled over with the soft green cabbage ball. The set features one soft king pin and five soft 9" bunny pins, plus two soft, safe "cabbage" bowling balls.

This octopus features bright colorful patterns and lots of soft tentacles to hug with. He measures 10.5."

These colorful 6" fish rattles are designed to be the perfect size for little hands. They are made with soft Colours Collection fabrics and come in three styles.

TAGGIES Colours Puffy Characters are huggable plush toys made with ultrasoft colours prints and patented floppy tags. All four paws feature a crinkle sound. This plush toy is available in elephant, tiger and frog.

TAGGIES Colours Wee Ones Rattles are designed to be the perfect size for little hands to shake and squeeze. Featuring "Colours" collection prints and four patented tags, these rattles are available in frog, lion, bear and dog versions.

This plush Curious George toy has soft brown fur and wears a doctor's uniform.

This plush Oscar comes in a metallic fabric garbage can with the warning sign Scram on the front. He has green fur and stands 10" tall.

This plush Cookie Monster is just waiting for someone to feed him his favorite cookies. He has blue fur and stands 21" tall.

Peter's mother, Mrs. Rabbit, is all dressed up with her red cape and basket for a trip to the baker's. She is designed with fine detailing and packaged in a keepsake collector's box.

This collectible is based upon the main character in Beatrix Potter's classic "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." He stands 11" tall and is designed with fine detailing and packaged in a keepsake collector's box.

Kids can pet this cub to watch him “come alive,” blinking and reaching out. The bear figure comes with bottle accessory and three AAA batteries.
― As of 9.13.10, this product had 5 out of 5 stars from 1 review on Walmart.com and was listed as a top-rated plush toy.

Kids can pet this lamb to watch him “come alive,” stretching out and wiggling his tail. He even makes a "baaa" sound when hungry. The lamb figure comes with bottle accessory and three AAA batteries.

Kids can pet this piglet to watch him “come alive,” oinking and wiggling his tail. The piglet figure comes with bottle accessory and three AAA batteries.

Kids can pet this chimp to watch him “come alive” and clap his hands. He giggles when his foot is tickled and slurps when "fed" with his bottle accessory,  just like a real baby chimp. When he is hugged, he hugs back. The chimp figure comes with adoption certificate and bottle accessory, along with three C batteries.